Dr. Judith Klinger
Voice
Certified Level Nine Instructor

CAREER SUMMARY

25 years’ experience teaching individual/class voice, diction,
vocal pedagogy, music history and opera workshops at the following institutions:
§ Instructor of Beginning and Intermediate Class Vocal Techniques at Lompoc Valley Center of Allan Hancock College
§ Assistant Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
§ Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Texas at El Paso
§ Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
§ Assistant Professor of Music at Texas Tech University at Lubbock, Texas
§ Private voice studios in Los Angeles, Hollywood and San Luis Obispo, CA
§ As educator for the San Luis Obispo Symphony, introduced fourth grade students all over San Luis County to the instruments of the orchestra

EDUCATION

Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Master of Music in Voice and Opera from the University of Southern California
Bachelor of Arts with Major in Music and Minor in English, Speech and Theatre Arts from UCLA
Master Classes with the following individuals:
Wesley Balk at the Minneapolis Opera Institute; Coaches from San Francisco at the Merola Opera Training Program of the San Francisco Opera;
Rita Streich and Erik Werba at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria;
Dorothy Kirsten, George London, Nadine Conner and Henrietta Pelta in Los Angeles; Jan DeGaetani in Rochester, NY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OPERA:

30 roles from the lyric soprano opera and oratorio repertoire including works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Britten, Donizettin, Faure, Floyd, Hindemith, Mendelssohn, Moore, Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, R. Strauss, Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi and Wagner.

CONCERT AND RECITALS:

Performances as soloist with symphony orchestras and in recital all over U.S.
Concert tour of Mexico under the auspices of the U.S. State Department